Agenda of the Public Debate: Communicating Europe in a New Regional Security Context
Kiev, February 21-23, 2017
Tuesday, February 21
Arrival and accommodation at the Radisson Blu Hotel (Kyiv Podil, 17-19 Bratska Street).
13:00 Lunch, Vero Vero, 18 Il`inskaya Str.
20:00 Welcome Dinner, Pesce al Forno, 23 -A P. Sagaidachinogo Str.
Wednesday, February 22
09:30 – 10:00 Registration & Coffee Break
10:00 – 10:50
Discussion topic: Communicating Europe: Experience of the Visegrad countries – best practices for Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine
Moderator:
Sergiy Solodkyy, Deputy Director of the Institute of World Policy of Ukraine
Speakers:
Leonid Litra, Senior Research Fellow with the Institute of World Policy
Victoria Bucataru, Executive Director of the Foreign Policy Association of Moldova
Zsuzsanna Vegh, Research fellow, Center for European Neighborhood Studies, Central European University, Hungary
Vit Dostal, Research Director with the Association for International Affairs, Czech Republic
Marek Marszalek, Programme Manager for Romania and Moldova with the Institute for Eastern Studies, Poland
Samuel Goda, PhD, Project Coordinator and Researcher with the Slovak Foreign Policy Association, Slovakia
Irakli Porchkhidze, Vice-president of the Georgian Institute for Strategic Studies, Georgia
10:50 – 11:10
Guest speakers
Natalia HNYDIUK, former Director of the Governmental Office for European Integration
Volodymyr YERMOLENKO, one of the authors of a draft communication strategy for EU integration of Ukraine.
11:10 – 12:00 Q & A
12:00 -12:30 Coffee Break and informal talks
13:00 Lunch, Radisson Blue Hotel Kyiv Podil, 17-19 Bratska Str;
20:00 Dinner, Restaurant “OБ”, Maydan Nezavisimosti 1
Thursday, February 23
Departures
List of Participants
- Zsuzsanna Vegh, Research fellow, Center for European Neighbourhood Studies, Central European University, Hungary
- Vit Dostal, Research Director with the Association for International Affairs, Czech Republic
- Marek Marszalek, Programme Manager for Romania and Moldova with the Institute for Eastern Studies, Poland
- Samuel Goda, PhD, Project Coordinator and Researcher with the Slovak Foreign Policy Association, Slovakia
- Leonid Litra, Senior Research Fellow with the Institute of World Policy, Ukraine
- Irakli Porchkhidze, Vice-president of the Georgian Institute for Strategic Studies, Georgia
- Victoria Bucataru, Executive Director of the Foreign Policy Association
- Alyona GETMANCHUK, Director of the Institute of World Policy
- Mykola BIELIESKOV, Analyst of the Institute of World Policy
General information about the project:
Title of the project: “V4 Supporting Communication Strategy of Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine on implementing AA and DCFTA”
Objective: The proposed project aims to target several areas of mutual interest between the V4 and EaP countries, including capacity building and regional cooperation by the transfer of V4 countries experience in EU integration processes via collecting best practices and lessons learned in the field of communication strategies.
Disclaimer:
The project “V4 Supporting Communication Strategy of Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine on implementing AA and DCFTA” is led by the Foreign Policy Association of Moldova and supported by the International Visegrad Fund.
The opinions expressed during the events/publications are those of the participants/authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the International Visegrad Fund.
More information about the project can be found on the project website: www.communicating-europe.ape.md
